I have /set mccp=on in my .tfrc file, and the mud is telling me mccp is not on for the client.

The MyDSL package is Tinyfugue 4, which if memory serves me correctly, required a patch to compile with mccp. I believe mccp is now included in Tinyfugue 5 out of the box. However, I think Tinyfugue 5 is still in the Debian unstable tree.

Could this be a matter of Debian not including the patch, or not compliling with the flag in the stabe tree?

I'm playing the Aardwolf mud (aardmud.org or telnet aardmud.org 4000). On this mud if you type "compress" once logged in, it will tell you if MCCP is on or not.

The admins on the mud confirm TF 4 did not support compression without a third-party patch. So it would appear the Debian TF 4 package was built without the patch.

I did compile and install the new TF 5 beta on my home system before going on holiday (where I'm using DSL :-)), though I didn't verify if MCCP was working at that time. I should be able to confirm this when I'm back at home in January.

Once I confirm this, I'll try to post a message for the TF maintainer at Debian, or find how they are compiling TF there.